---
title: "Archive Media"
method: PUT
path: "/medias/archive"
tags: ["Media"]
---

# Archive Media

`PUT /medias/archive`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.wistia.com/modern`
- URL: `https://api.wistia.com/modern/medias/archive`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

This method accepts a list of up to 100 medias to archive per request. It processes requests asynchronously and will return a background_job_status object rather than the typical Media response object. Note that webinar medias and Soapbox videos imported to Wistia before September 1, 2023 cannot be archived.

## Requires api token with one of the following permissions
```
Read, update & delete anything
```

Tokens with the "Act with a team member's permissions" permission
(`all:delegate_to_contact_permissions` scope) can also be used. Requests
made with such a token are authorized using the permissions of the
contact assigned to the token.

## Headers

- `X-Wistia-API-Version` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `hashed_ids` string[], required: An array of the media hashed IDs to be archived.

## Response `200`

Successful archival of media.

- object
  - `message` string, required: A confirmation message that the background job has been queued.
  - `background_job_status` object, required: A background job keeps track of the progress of an asynchronous task, e.g bulk archiving media, translating media, etc.
    - `id` integer, required: The ID of the background job that's been queued for the request.
    - `hashed_id` string, required: The unguessable hashed ID of the background job. Prefer this over the numeric ID when polling for status.
    - `status` 'queued' | 'started' | 'finished' | 'failed', required: The status of the background job that's been queued for the request.

## Other responses

- `401`: Unauthorized, invalid or missing token
- `403`: Forbidden, e.g. account does not have access to archiving.
- `422`: Unprocessable entity, e.g. too many media requested.
- `500`: Internal server error

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `b86cb2a7b420`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/wistia/apis/data-api/changes/medias/archive/put.md)

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